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- 1learningthe process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors
- 2habituationan organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it
- 3associative learninglearning that certain events occur together. The events may be 2 stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning)
- 4stimulusany event or situation that evokes a response
- 5cognitive learningthe acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language
- 6classical conditioninga type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events
- 7behaviorismthe view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without references to most mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with 1, but not 2.
- 8neural stimulus (NS)in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning
- 9unconditioned response (UR)in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus (US) such as food in the mouth
- 10unconditioned stimulus (US)in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically-triggers a response (UR)
- 11discriminationin classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus
- 12operant conditioninga type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
- 13law of effectThorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
- 14operant chamberin operant conditioning research, a chamber (also known as skinner box) containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer; attached devices record the animal's rate of bar pressing or key pecking
- 15reinforcementin operant conditioning, any event that strengthens behavior as it follows
- 16shapingan operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior
- 17discriminative stimulusin operant conditioning, a stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement (in contrast to related stimuli not associated with reinforcement)
- 18positive reinforcementincreasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers. A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response
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